The Power of Free Expression is my personal opinion

The Power of Free Expression                              

Let people express themselves as they want, may they be Christians, Jews, Moslems or others. I know that there are heinous and even poisonous comments; one should not always answer with the same weapon. Admittedly, there are people who suffer on both sides. There are some, who exaggerate and others, who have worked quite hard on their imaginations. There are those who cannot express themselves, on the other hand one should not forget that the majority of the people who express their opinions through articles or by other peaceful means are serious and honest. After all, whether we want it or not, we will not be able to shut the mouth of those who have something to say.

We do want to hear what each one has on his or her mind. I know that the situation in Iraq poisons the atmosphere and the relations between the Americans amoung themeselves and the United States and certain countries of the world, in spite of  their will to bring the hearts of the people closer to one another. I found myself many times caught in the political gears and writing things, which escaped my conscience and my honest judgment. But I remember the words my mother used to say to me, when in my childhood I brawled with a friend and he came to complain to her, she used to tell me: “let him relieve himself, this will make him feel good”. Today, I would say the same thing. “Let them relieve themselves!” Every human has the right to complain.  This is the security valve that everyone should have.

Despite all the tension, which exists in the air and on the ground, neither the Americans, nor the Europeans, nor the Japanese, nor the Arabs, nor their armies know any hatred, and even less against one specific nation. We do not have anything against the people, because they are as unhappy as we are and they cannot even express themselves in their countries, for fear of the authorities and the totalitarian regimes, which still control certain countries today.

However, this power of expression which tries to spring up from the people against their regimes, their dictators or their monarchies is, in certain countries, currently channeled by their religion or by the authorities, or by both against the United States and its allies. The Iraqi and Palestinian problem became their scapegoat. Even Saddam Hussein supposedly wanted to help the Palestinians, but the Iraqi people are not stupid, they know that he used this propaganda to make them forget their independence. But it should be noted that the majority of the people under these regimes remained paralyzed and without means of expression or of protest. Let us keep our leniency and our kindness towards these people despite all these just or unjust pressures, which overpower us today. The ancient people had precisely survived thanks to their patience. Let them express themselves and one day this power of human expression, which today is directed against the United States or against Israel will be able to cut through the path towards democracy.

Lies cannot eternally choke the truth; it will emerge eventually. It is upon us to remain worthy of ourselves and to keep the human direction in our relations with other people. The old friendship that several mention will be perhaps dormant for a certain time, but it will end up reappearing when human dignity on both sides is respected. The goodwill will be able to establish a new friendship, based on reciprocal consideration. The economic development will end up prevailing. The free expression will not be able to harm any more the relations, which will be already established. To the contrary, it will make it possible to solve together and in a peaceful and constructive way the problems, which today appear insurmountable to us.